Jamestown chef wins People's Best New Chef for New England in Food & Wine poll

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Apr 3, 2014 at 2:17 PM

One hundred chefs in 10 regions of the U.S. were nominated for the awards.

Gail Ciampa Journal Food Editor gailciampa

Fish executive chef and partner Matthew MacCartney has won Food & Wine magazine’s reader poll as The People’s Best New Chef, New England.

The award honors talented up-and-coming innovators who have run their own kitchens for fewer than five years. He was up against nine other chefs for the New England region. The contest is in its fourth year.

MacCartney opened Fish in Jamestown in December 2011. He serves a European inspired seafood based cuisine. He has worked in New York City at Restaurant Daniel, Gramercy Tavern, and Craft. He also spent six years at Pasta Nostra in Norwalk, Conn. before starting Jamestown's Fish.

He studied at Hospitality Management/Culinary Arts from NYC College of Technology and at the Birmingham College of Food, Tourism & Creative Studies in Birmingham, England. He also earned a Level 4 Diploma in Wine and Spirits from the Wine and Spirit Education Trust in 2002, and in 2008 was published in Wine & Spirits magazine.

To win the award, chefs must have the most online votes at Food & Wine's site. The field of 100 nominees for the award included 10 chefs in 10 regions of the U.S. The chef with the most votes over is named The People's Best New Chef and he is Carl Thorne-Thomsen of Story restaurant in Prairie Village, Kansas.